AMCIS 2007@KEYSTONE -- CONFERENCE TRACK(MINI TRACK)

Building on Classic

Theories to Reach New

Heights in Adoption and

Diffusion Research

IT Management

Chair:
Pamela E. Carter (pcarter@cob.fsu.edu)
Florida State University
Phone: 850.644.7876

sponsored by SIGADIT http://www.sigadit.org

Description:

Understanding and building upon the foundations of prior research is an important aspect of the scientific enterprise. This mini-track focuses on assessing and extending foundational theories to make new contributions to the IT/IS adoption and diffusion literature. Submissions should incorporate "classic" theories, which we are defining as theories that have been developed and tested over a period of at least ten years. These theories may have originated in the IT/IS domain, or they may have originated in a referent discipline. Research at all levels of analysis is invited.

Example topics appropriate for this mini-track include, but are not limited to:

Theory building and/or testing to extend the application of classic theories in the IT/IS adoption and diffusion domain
Critical essays on the use of classic theories in current and/or future IT/IS adoption and diffusion research
Theory building and/or testing to modify or refute the application of classic theories for specific IT/IS adoption or diffusion phenomena
Comparative case studies to evaluate the efficacy of multiple classic theories in explaining specific IT/IS adoption or diffusion phenomena
(Note: Any research addressing RFID technology should be submitted to our mini-track entitled "Reaching New Heights through an Understanding of the Application, Adoption, and Use of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID)")